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19. Attrummaphoe^ Boyl'd and ^t^ivk^ caufeth the 
great fort of Pox to Skin and dry. Mr. J. S, 
The Juice of this Weed being fnuft up the Nofe, is 
good to make one fneeze. Mr. Edward Bartar. Of the 
Decodtion of this Plant, is made a Drink good againft 
the Phrenfy. Hort.Malah, 
Colutea languimfa Florihus parvis filiquis pilofis deor- 
fum tendenttlm Muf. Petiver. 45*. Orkntalh plerumqus 
heptaphyilos htrfiita^ florilus fpkatis faturate purpureis^ 
filiq^uis plurimis quadratis valde pilojis fummo fucculorum 
dependent thus. Aim. Botan. ^.113. It was called by 
Dr. Herman (that iate incomparable Botanift) Aftraga- 
lus Indicus fpkatus Ji liquis coptofis deorfum [pedant i^» 
lus non fakatis feu Folylohos, And by the Inhabitants 
of Ceylon Pil^eghas^ as Joannes Comelinus aflerts, in liis 
Commentaries on the Hortus Malaharkus^ in the Ninth 
Volume of which noble Herbal there is an Icon of this 
Plant, under the Name of Katu (which fignifies Sylve- 
ffrzs or m\d^ Tagera^ Tah. 30. p.SS* Whofe Defcripti- 
on of it I (hall briefly tranfcribe and interfperfe my own 
Oblervations concerning it. It grows in fandy Places, 
about Two or Three Foot high ; the Roots fibrofe and 
whitilh; its ^/ii/^j woody, redifli, and very hairy the 
Leaves grow by Pairs,with one at the Extremity having 
Three or Five (/ have Samples of k wkh Seven or 
more) covered on both fides with a foft woollinefs (whkh 
are not expreji in the Figure ^ the like Omijfm l fnd in 
many others in thk iVori, whofe Leaves, &c, are deline^^ 
ated fmooth^ althdugh the Defcriptkn and things them^ 
felves declare them othermfe) they have an altringent 
taH^ and are fomewhat biting; 
It hath many fmall deep Purple Papilionaceous Flow-^ 
ers growing in a Spike to the top (of a Leaflefs Stalk ; ) 
its Calyx is compofed of Six 'very narrow Hairy Leaves, 
the Pods are alfo very hairy^roundiflijbut not thicker tba!i 
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